Stem Cell Core Facility

Mission

The mission of the Stem Cell Core Facility is to enable scientists at Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern University to conduct research using human embryonic (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Patient-specific iPSCs offer unprecedented opportunities to study human developmental processes and disease, using human stem cell-derived somatic cells under each person’s unique genetic constellation. They also represent a unique and very important source of cells for cell replacement therapy. The facility offers reprogramming of primary skin fibroblast cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), as well as training in essential culture techniques for human pluripotent stem cells.

Services Provided

hiPSC line generation using non-integrating methods, with further characterization.